With one of the best performances we've seen all season, M. Bomani won the penultimate Power Player award with nearly half of all votes cast.

Other Nominees This Week: Colleen Bernard, Duane Carr, Jeff Kalton, John Mishler, Mike Vaselaney

It was largely a 2-man race this week as two heavy hitters with impressive stats competed in a very close poll. Avery Rucker went 5-for-5 with a pair of homers and 5 RBI but lost by just 6 votes to Pepco's Derrick Dulgowicz of Ohio Sports Park.

Other Nominees This Week: Kirk Long, Holly Richards, Avery Rucker, TJ Stanton, Buddy Wolfe

As of July 18, 2009, Steve Burkholder was #9 among all the men in BGSD's Player of the Year Chase, but for Week 11 he was #1 in the hearts of voters. There was an 8-person field this week and the voting was closer than usual, but Steve's near-perfect 7-for-8 from the plate as leader of the top team in one of the most competitive leagues earned him a spot on the 2009 Banzuke. He beat 2008 BGSD Home Run Derby winner Derek Buell by 15 votes to take the title.

Other Nominees This Week: Derek Buell, Brian Gamble, Joe Gazella, Jess Kaltenbach, Stacy Radanovic, Kevin Thomas, Bob Wochele

Jenny Wilson joins Michelle Wilson this week as the second woman to win our weekly Power Player poll. While Michelle Wilson was involved in a close race and ended up tying Andy Potopas with 29% of the vote, Jenny Wilson dominated the poll this week, getting 62% of the votes.

Other Nominees This Week: Jeff Grimm, Dan Holztranger, Mark Horwath, Sean Lachman , Buddy Wolfe

Eric Persichitti led his Fejes team to a pair of wins over the Buckeyes in the Gesu Church League, earning him his first ever Power Players nomination. He then led all vote-getters in the coming week and finds his name on the Banzuke for the first time as well. The fleet-footed has 7 triples for the season, is #3 in his league's MVP race as of 7/6/2009 and #64 among all male softball players in the BGSD universe.

Other Nominees This Week: Dave Banks, Rob Benton, Max Kravitz, Jon Nook, Buddy Wolfe

Great Scott! Jon Scott became only the second player in two years to defeat Jason Fifik in a Power Player poll, doing so in solid fashion after very tight voting early on. As of June 29, Scott was leading his team with a .750 batting average, and hit all 3 of his season's homers in his winning week.

Other Nominees This Week: Colleen Bernard, Jason Fifik, M. Geballa, Aaron Krieger, Mo Pennington

Voters turned out in record numbers this week for a spirited battle in the Power Player poll. Twice as many people voted this week than in any week in the history of the poll. Why? Look to the cookie. Anthony Valentino's 5 HR output and army of voters gave him the win this week. Todd Boyland finished second with a solid week. Keith Kludnick was perhaps robbed as he hit 4 homers in going 7-for-7 but only received 11% of the vote.

Other Nominees This Week: Steve Birkholder, Todd Boyland, Keith Kludnick, Nolan Shenkelman, Buddy Wolfe

A spirited debate this week with several worthy contenders, but Jason Fifik's perfect 7-for-7 took the award. Fifk was 2008's BGSD Player of the Year and was a two-time nominee in 2008 for the Power Player, winning once. As of this writing, Jason is also both 5th and 8th in the 2009 Player of the Year Chase.

Other Nominees This Week: Jim Black, Seth Button, Seth Button, Tyrone Reid, Ruben Villanueva

We don't know if his name is Barry or Barney, but we do know that he ran away with the Power Player Poll this week, earning him a spot on the Banzuke and a fre Big Cookie Cake from Mrs. Fields. Woodruff was selective at the plate, drawing 5 walks, and when he did swing, he launched three home runs in 4 at bats. He also added 7 RBI in his two games played.

Other Nominees This Week: Ed Bailey, Dan Davis, Mike Goodell, Chris DeNigris, Josh Underwood

A late surge in votes by Nolan Shenkelman earned him the Week 3 Power Player title. Lindsey Sable and Josh Underwood were leading most of the week, but support came out for Shenkelman's 13 RBI performance over his 4 games.

Other Nominees This Week: Lindsey Sable, Josh Underwood, T. Cook, Jon Dombrowski, Jay Sefcik

For the first time ever, the Power Player voting ended in a dead tie. Both Andy Potopoas and Michelle Wilson received 31 votes in a hotly contested race. Combined the pair went a perfect 12/12 in 3 games, clubbing 3 homers and driving in 14 runs.

Other Nominees This Week: Tom Fejes, Fred Gross, John Korzina, Jason Sefcik

The first poll spanned stats from the beginning fo the season and Andy Markowitz started off hot, slugging 4 homers in his two games and knocking in 11 RBI, leading his team to 21-6 and 20-5 blowout victories. He took an early lead in the poll and got more votes than all of his competition combined.

Other Nominees This Week: Matt Gaspar, Max Kravitz, Doug McGriz, Dan Rothstein and Anthony Valentino